fix a smallie but nasttie.

diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index c5478741fa55f29fd42b16c6a9c36489a6ab3f0f..ab01510d3810582a0f3988751346393cbbeb3415 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -839,8 +839,6 @@ replace_members(files_to_move)
            current = *current_ptr;
            
            if (!strcmp(normalize(*files_to_move), current->filename)) {
-               /* snip out this entry from the chain */
-               *current_ptr = current->next;
                if (newer_only) {
                    struct stat     fsbuf,
                                    asbuf;
@@ -864,6 +862,8 @@ replace_members(files_to_move)
                        goto next_file;
                }
 
+               /* snip out this entry from the chain */
+               *current_ptr = current->next;
 
                after_bfd = get_pos_bfd(&inarch->next, pos_end);
                temp = *after_bfd;